Banana Fritters with Salted Caramel

My boys (especially my hubby) can't imagine a day without bananas. So, you suppose, I always have to find ways of  using them somehow. Some of them go to the freezer (for shakes), end up in Banana bread, or get coated in crispy batter, fried and served with Salted caramel.

Ingredients:

ripe bananas, halved 

1 cup SR flour

3/4 cup cold water

pinch of cinnamon 

oil for deep frying

Caramel sauce-

200 g sugar

1/2 cup cream (35%)

80 g butter

pinch of salt 

Method:

Place oil in a deep frying dish; heat to medium hot.

Mix flour, cinnamon and water. Dip each half of banana into batter and fry 2-3 at a time, until golden in colour. Drain onto paper towel well.

Caramel sauce-

Place sugar into a heavy bottomed pan. When starts caramelizing, swirl and shake you pan. When all sugar meted and golden in colour, pour cream and ad butter. Return to slow heat and let it melt. Add pinch of salt, stir and take off of heat.

To serve- place bananas onto serving dish; pour caramel over them and enjoy.

If you don't want to make caramel sauce, serve with cream / dusted with icing sugar / icecream / custard...

Pohovane Banane sa Karamel Prelivom

Moji muski (posebno mm) nemogu biti dana bez banana. Pretpostavljate onda,  da uvijek imam one koje su prezrele i treba ih nekako iskoristiti. Osim zamrzavanja (za šejks), volim praviti Banana Bread ili ih pohovati i servirati sa karamel prelivom.

Potrebno:

zrele banane, prepolovljene

1 solja samodizajuceg brasna

3/4 solje hladne vode

malo cimeta

ulje za przenje (duboko)

Karamel-

200 gr secera

1/2 solje (125ml) vrhnja slatkog

80 gr maslaca

malo soli

Nacin:

Zagrijte ulje za duboko przenje.

Umijesajte brasno, cimet i vodu u glatku masu. Umacite banane i przite na srednjoj vatri, 2-3 najvise, dok ne postanu zlatno-zute. Ocijedite na papiru poslije przenja.

Karamel-

Stavite secer u posudu sa teskim dnom. Zagrijavajte dokne pocne da se otapa. Okrecite i treskajte posudu dok se sav secer ne pretvori u zlatno braon masu. Ubacite vrhnje i maslac. Vratite na slabu vatru dok se ne otope. Zasolite i promijesajte, pa smaknite sa vatre. 

Smjestite banane na posudu za serviranje, prelijte sa karamelom i uzivajte.

Banane mozete servirati sa vrhnjem / secerom u prahu / sladoledom / rijetkim pudingom...

                              

Salted Caramel and Chocolate Mousse Tarts

These tarts are delightful! Make very small-ones, or larger-ones...Maybe you want to make one large tart, and slice it. Anyhow - enjoy their divine taste!

Ingredients:
Dough-
1 1/2 cups flour
125 g butter, cold, cut into small pieces
3 tbs icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1-2 tbs cold water
a drop of vanilla
Caramel-
200 g sugar
50 g butter
1 tbs golden syrup
1/4 cup cream
a good pinch of salt
Chocolate mousse-
100 g dark chocolate
2 tbs icing sugar
50 g butter
1/4 cup cream
Method:
Rub flour and butter with your fingers (or use food processor), add other ingredients and make a dough. Wrap it in foil and let it rest.
For  caramel, put all ingredients into a pan. Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook for 5-8 minutes. Let it cool.
For mousse, heat cream, chocolate and butter, until melted (don't boil). Add sugar, mix well and let it cool. When completely cold, beat with a mixer.
Roll out the dough into 2-3 mm thick layer. Cut out circles, and place them into tart moulds (or on bottom of muffin tins). Bake for 10 minutes on 180*C; take out and let it cool.
Spoon cooled caramel into cases, then pipe some chocolate mousse on top (make sure caramel and tarts are cool). Enjoy!

Tartići sa Zasoljenim Karamelom i čokoladnim Musom 

Ovi tartici su savim odusevljavajuci! Mozete napraviti sasvim male, nesto vece ili jedan veliki i rezati ga. Kako-god, uzivajte u divnom ukusu!

Potrebno:
Tijesto-
1 1/2 solja brasna
125 gr maslaca, hladnog rezanog na komadice
3 K secera u prahu
1 zumance
1-2 K hladne vode
Karamel-
200 gr secera
50 gr maslaca
1 K 'zlatnog sirupa'
1/4 solje vrhnja (35%)
dobar prstohvat soli
Cokoladni mus-
100 gr tamne cokolade
2 K secera u prahu
50 gr maslaca
1/4 solje vrhnja

Nacin:
Umijesite tijesto, zamotajte ga i ostavite odmarati.
Karamel- Kuhajte sve sastojke oko 5-8 minuta; ostavite hladiti.
Mus- Zagrijte vrhnje, maslac i cokoladu dok se ne otope (nemojte prokuhati). Umijesajte secer, pa ohladite. Zatim umutite mikserom.
Razvaljajte tijesto na 2-3 mm, izrezite krugove i stavite na tart modle (ili mafin modle). Pecite 10-ak minuta, izvadite i ohladite.
Kasikom uspite po malo karamela u svaki tart, zatim spricom istisnite nesto musa po povrsini. (Karamel i tartici moraju biti hladni.) Uzivajte!

Waffle, Caramel and Walnuts Slice

...or, what to make when your oven doesn't work  - like mine, (or you don't want to switch it on)

Ingredients:
2 waffle sheets
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
100 g sultanas
1 butter, roughly chopped
150 g Walnuts, roughly chopped
250 g plain biscuits ('Coffee Milk', 'Petit Beure'...), crushed
Method:
Place sugar in a heavy bottomed pan. Heat on high until sugar starts melting. Shake and swirl pan, until all caramelised and golden in colour. Pour water over it (carefully) and leave on low heat to melt. Add sultanas and butter; mix well until butter melted.  Add walnuts and biscuit crumbs and mix until incorporated and thick. Place a sheet of waffle into a slice tin (large grids up). Spoon caramel mixture over it, place the other sheet (large grids down) and press with a slicing board. It's ideal to put some weight onto it (2-3 cans / packet of sugar...) and leave for 1-2 hours in a cool place. Melted chocolate can be spread on top (optional). Slice and enjoy!

* Waffle sheets are sold in international grocery stores ('Oblatne' / 'Oblande').

Oblatne sa karamel filom

...Ili - sta da cinite kad vam rerna ne radi ( kao moja)!

Potrebno:

2 oblatne

2 solje secera

3/4 solje vode

100 gr grozdjica

1 maslac / margarin, isjecen na krupne komade

150 gr oraha, krupno sjecenih

250 gr mljevenog keksa (Petit...) 

Nacin:

Istopite secer do zlatno zute boje, zajilte sa vodom i ostavite da se istopi. Ubacite grozdjice i maslac, mijesajte dok se maslac ne istopi. Dodajte orahe i keks i dobro promijesajte. 

Stavite oblatnu u tepsiju sa sirim kockama prema gore. Postavite karamel punjenje na nju, zatim poklopite sa drugom oblatnom (sire kocke dole). Pritisnite daskom preko koje ste stavili neku vrstu utega (konzerve...) i ostavite 1-2 sata na hladnom mjestu. Po zelji, mozete staviti glazuru od cokolade na vrh. 

Izrezite i uzivajte!

Salted Caramel Chocolate Mousse Cake

 

Made for my serious chocoholic and his birthday...No baking involved.
I used homemade caramel (recipe follows), but to cut time of making it even shorter, you can use ready made  'Nestlle' caramel, just add 1/2 tsp salt.

Ingredients:
Caramel-
400 g sugar
1 cup cream
165 g butter, salted (if you use unsalted add 1/2 tsp salt to cream)
1 tbs golden syrup (optional)
(you will not need all the caramel, but keep it and use for something else; I made pancakes with bananas and caramel )
Crust-
200 g plain biscuit
1,5 tbs coca
1 tbs icing sugar
(or use 200 g chocolate biscuits)
125 g melted butter
Chocolate mousse-
400 g dark chocolate (65% )
400 ml thickened cream (35%)
2 tbs icing sugar
2 sheets gelatine
Method:
Caramel- Place sugar into a heavy bottom pan, place on high heat. When it starts melting, shake and swirl pan until caramel forms; be very careful - it's extremely hot! When happy with colour (golden brown) place butter and cream inside and carefully mix until all melted and smooth. Cook for another 5 min.  Let it cool completely (it will thicken).
Crust- Place biscuits into food processor. Process until fine crumbs form, add other ingredients and pulse until incorporated. Replace it into a 22 cm spring form; press crumbs with spoon moulding a 'pie' crust. Refrigerate.
Mousse- Heat cream, sugar and chocolate pieces, mixing until melted and smooth. Place gelatin sheets into cold water for 5 min.  Take it out, squeeze excess water  and replace it into melted chocolate mixture. Mix well. Let it cool.
Assembling- Take crust out of fridge; pour 1/3 of caramel on it. Refrigerate for another 10 minutes, then place chocolate mousse on it and then another 1/3 of caramel on top. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before slicing it with warmed knife.




Zasoljeni Karamel i Čokoladni Mus  'Torta'


Napravljeno za mog cokoholicara i njegov rodjendan...Bez pecenja!
Ako zelite vrijeme pripreme jos vise skratiti, koristite kupljeni "Nestlle' karamel, samo ga dodatno zasolite sa 1/2 k soli.


Potrebno:
Karamel-
400 gr secera
1 solja pavlake/ slatkog kajmaka (35%)
165 gr maslaca, slanog (ili ako koristite neslani, dodajte 1/2 k soli u vrhnje)
1 K 'zlatnog sirupa' (nije neophodno)
(necete trebati cijelu kolicinu karamela, ali iskoristite visak za nesto drugo; npr- Palacinke sa bananama i karamelom)
Podloga-
200 gr petit (ili sl.) keksa
1,5 K kakaa
1 K secera u prahu
(ili 200 obicnog cokoladnog keksa)
125 gr maslaca, otopljenog
Cokoladni mus-
400 gr tamne cokolade (65% kakaa)
400 ml vrhnja / kajmaka (35%)
2 K secera u prahu
2 lista zelatine
Nacin:
Karamel- Istopite secer do karamelizacije; tresite i okrecite posudu pazljivo dok se ne  pretvori u zlatno zutu tecnu masu. Budite pazljivi - izuzetno visoke je temperature! Dodajte maslac i vrhnje.  Mijesajte dok se ne otopi, kuhajte jos 5 min, zatim ostavite da se skroz ohladi (postace gusce).
Podloga- Sameljite keks, dodajte secer i kakao, zatim otopljeni maslac i dobro izmijesajte.
Prebacite ovu smjesu u 22 cm kalup koji se otvara. Utisnite smjesu na dno i sa strane. Stavite u frizider.
Mus- Otopite cokoladu i vrhnje, dodajte secer i promijesajte. Stavite listove zelatine u hladnu vodu na 5 min. Ocijedite i prebacite u otopinu cokolade; izmijesajte dobro i ostavite hladiti.
Slaganje- Izvadite podlogu iz frizidera. Uspite 1/3 karamela, vratite u frizider na 10 min. Ubacite zatim cokoladni mus, i drugu 1/3 karamela na vrh. Hladite 1-2 sata prije rezanja toplim nozem.

Walnut, Coffee and Caramel Scrolls

Wonderful combination of flavors

Ingredients:
Dough-
1 3/4 cups SR flour
1 tbs sugar
25 g butter, cold
2/3 cups milk
Filing-
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 teas instant coffee, melted in 2 tbs hot water
50 g butter
1/2 cup walnuts, cut into pieces
Dressing-
1 teas instant coffee
1 teas hot water
1/3 cup icing sugar
Method:
Swich your oven to 180*c, prepare 22 cm tin.
First prepare filing- Mix coffee, brown sugar and butter, set aside, along with walnuts. Dough- Mix flour and butter with your fingers (or food processor), add other ingredients and knaed a soft dough. Dust with flour and roll out to 20 X 30 cm. Spread filing (leaving edge og 2 cm without it)- brush with water); roll into a log, and cut into 10-12 pieces. Put into tin and bake 25 min, or until golden and crispy.
Meanwhile, mix all ingredients for dressing. Take cake out on a plate and drizzle it with coffee/sugar mix.

Ruzice sa orasima, kafom i karamel prelivom

Potrebno:
Tijesto-
i 3/4 solje samodizajuceg brasna (vidi objasnjenje)
1 kasika secera
25 gr putera iz hladnjaka
2/3 solje mlijeka
Premaz-
1/4 solje braon secera
2 kasicice instant kafe, otopljene u 1-2 kasike vrele vode
50 gr putera
1/2 solje oraha, grubo sjeckanih
Preljev-
1 kasicica instant kafe
2 kasicice vrele vode
1/3 solje secera u prahu
Priprema:
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C, pripremite 22 cm okrugli pleh.
Pripremite premaz tako sto cete secer, kafu i puter pomijesati. Orasi neka su spremni.
Tijesto- brasno i puter trljajte vrhovima prstiju (ili u multipraktiku), dodajte secer i mlijeko dok ne dobijete glatko tijesto. Rastanjite na povrsinu od 20 X 30cm.
Pokrijte sa pripremljenim premazom, pospite sa orasima. Zarolajte kao rolat ( 1,5 cm tijesta ostavite nepremazan, samo ovlazen vodom).
Izrezite na 10-12 jednakih dijelova , u ovisnosti o velicini kalupa. Stavite u kalup i pecite 25 min, dok ne porumeni. Oblikujte prema zelji i mogucnosti!
U medjuvremenu, pripremite preljev;izmijesjte sve sastojke do glatke mase!
Kad je peceno, prerucite u tanjir za posluzivanje i prelijte!

Caramel, Macadamia and Hazelnut Slice

'True Blue' Aussie slice! Macadamias are Australian native nuts, but instead of them you can use almonds, walnuts or other species.

Ingredients:
Base-
1 cup flour
1/2 cup hazelnut meal
1/2 cup brown sugar
90 g dark chocolate, melted
80 g butter, melted
1 egg beaten
Topping-
400 g can condensed milk
2 tbsp golden syrup
50 g butter
100g hazelnuts, baked and skinned
100 g macadamia nuts, halved if big
100 g melted dark chocolate

Method:
Preheat your oven to 180*C; grease an 18X28 cm tin (silicon paper will help).
Using food processor, mix all the ingredients for the base; with the back of the spoon press the mix into the tin and bake for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, put first 3 topping ingredients into a saucepan and melt over the slow heat, stirring often.
Pour the caramel over the base and top with nuts. Bake for another 15 minutes.
Drizzle with melted chocolate when slightly cooled.
Slice into small fingers, as it got very rich taste.

Karamel, makadamije i ljesnik kolacici

Potrebno:
Baza-
1 solja brasna
1/2 solje mljevenih ljesnika
1/2 solje braon secera
90 gr tamne cokolade, otopljene
80 gr putera, otopljenog
1 jaje, blago umuceno
Karamel-
400 gr condenzovanog mlijeka
2 kasike 'zlatnog' sirupa (* vidi objasnjenje)
50 gr putera
100 gr ljesnika, pecenih, poljustenih
100 gr makadamija oraha, prepolovljeni ako su veliki (*objasnjenje)
100 gr tamne cokolade, otopljene
Metod:
Zagrijte rernu na 180*C, pripremite pleh (papir) 18X28 cm.
Sve sastojke za bazu stavite u elektricnu sjeckalicu i sjedinite masu. Prerucite u pleh i sa pozadinom kasike utisnite. pecite 15 minuta.
U medjuvremenu, otopite prva 3 sastojka za karamel, mijesajte. Prespite na povrsinu baze, pospite orasima, pa jos pecite dodatnih 15 minuta. Kada se malo prohladi pospite otopljenom cokoladom.
*Golden (zlatni) sirup izgleda i ima konzistenciju meda, ali ukus karamela.
*Koristite druge orahe umjesto makadamija, ako ih ne mozete nabaviti.

Apple, Date and Caramel Cake

I love baking cakes...but I usually don't eat them.
This is one of exceptions!

Ingredients:
2 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped
200g finely chopped dates
1 teas baking soda
1 cup boiling water
125 g unsalted butter, soft
1 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teas vanilla essence
1 cup flour
1/2 cup SR flour
pinch of salt
50 g roasted nuts (your choice), chopped
Topping:
120ml milk
90 g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teas vanilla
110 g nuts, flaked

Method:
preheat oven to 180*C. Prepare a 22 cm cake tin.
Place apples, dates, soda and boiling water in a saucepan, bring to boil and let cool.
Beat butter and sugar, mix in vanilla and egg; sift flour and salt, fold in with apples mixture and nuts. Spoon into cake tin.
Bake for 50-60 minutes.
10 minutes before the cake is ready prepare the topping-
Heat milk and butter in a saucepan, add vanilla sugar and nuts and cook for 5-8 minutes.
When cake is ready take out, flatten the top and pour the topping over it.
Return to oven for 10-15 minutes, until the topping is golden brown.
Serve with cream (optional!).




Karamel torta sa jabukama i datulama

Potrebno:
2 jabuke srednje velicine, sjeckane
200 gr datula, sjeckanih
1 kasicica sode bb
1 solja vrele vode
125 gr putera, omeksalog
1 solja sitnog secera
1 jaje
1 1/2 kasicica vanile
1 solja brasna
1/2 solje samodizajuceg brasna
malo soli
50 gr oraha/ljesnika/badema (po izboru)
Preliv:
120ml mlijeka
90 gr putera
3/4 solje braon secera
1 kasicica vanile
110gr oraha, krupno sjeckani

Nacin:
Zagrijte rernu na 180*C. Pripremite 22 cm obruc za torte.
Stavite isjeckanu jabuku, datule i sodu bb u posudu, prelijte vrelom vodom i prokuhajte. Ohladite.
Mutite puter sa secerom, dodajte vanilu i jaje. Dodajte brasno,orahe, so i mjesavinu sa jabukama.
Prerucite u obruc i pecite 50-60 minuta.
Zadnjih 10 minuta pecenja pripremite preliv - Zagrijte mlijeko i puter, dodajte secer,vanilu i orahe i kuhajte 5-8 minuta, dok se malo ne zgusne.
Izvadite tortu iz rerne,malo zaravnajte povrsinu, prelijte karamel prelivom i vratite na jos 10-15 minuta u rernu.
Mozete sluziti sa kremom ili bez, po vasem izboru!